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Wi-Fi would have been nice when I was on vacation in England, since ATT Prepaid doesn't roam there. I just had to settle for being out of touch, since the local SIM I bought through Amazon didn't include calls or texts to the US. Though maybe if I had added funds. I just lived with using the phone for the data only.

Wi-Fi would have been nice when I was on vacation in England, since ATT Prepaid doesn't roam there. I just had to settle for being out of touch, since the local SIM I bought through Amazon didn't include calls or texts to the US. Though maybe if I had added funds. I just lived with using the phone for the data only.

You could have signed up for a month of Skype or something similar to make/receive calls.

You could have signed up for a month of Skype or something similar to make/receive calls.

I was traveling with family, and since we all had iPhones, we could iMessage as needed. I ended up only contacting a couple people back in the states. One had an iPhone, and I used Facebook Messenger for the other.

No plans for international travel for at least a few more years. By then, things will have changed more. And even if I do, it may be more local, like Canada, where some prepaid roams.

Looks like VoLTE is working down here in CT also with prepaid. I went to a store that a phone allows for WiFi calling I was testing to set it up and it said WiFi calling set up in progress and I made a call and the phone stayed on LTE and I can tell the call had VoLTE on it so it’s working down here it appears and this was on a Galaxy Express Prime 3 I couldn’t test the iPhone since the ones in the store had a passcode block.

Looks like VoLTE is working down here in CT also with prepaid. I went to a store that a phone allows for WiFi calling I was testing to set it up and it said WiFi calling set up in progress and I made a call and the phone stayed on LTE and I can tell the call had VoLTE on it so it’s working down here it appears and this was on a Galaxy Express Prime 3 I couldn’t test the iPhone since the ones in the store had a passcode block.

Is this a new account? or just a new phone(is the sim new too?)? Is the number a CT number?

A display phone (although marketed for prepaid) probably had some kind of corporate account for demo purposes (with postpaid features) and not a prepaid account.

Darn that was my second thought after leaving the store. I was debating at that point about setting up an account but didn’t want to set up to get disappointed. I mean I can wait until January 15 to see what they release for VoLTE and go from there. Cricket does have both for time being so that works for now. Lol

Darn that was my second thought after leaving the store. I was debating at that point about setting up an account but didn’t want to set up to get disappointed. I mean I can wait until January 15 to see what they release for VoLTE and go from there. Cricket does have both for time being so that works for now. Lol

Cricket would be tempting for my usage, since it at least offers hotspot when needed. $15/month more for me than ATT Prepaid since I am still getting a $15/month discount on DTV Now that I started to get when I was on Unlimited Plus ATT Postpaid earlier in the year. The discount (along with "free" HBO) should have gone away when I went to Prepaid, but hasn't in the 7 1/2 months I've been on prepaid. $105 in discounts so far. Let alone the savings I have had on prepaid vs postpaid.

Cricket would be tempting for my usage, since it at least offers hotspot when needed. $15/month more for me than ATT Prepaid since I am still getting a $15/month discount on DTV Now that I started to get when I was on Unlimited Plus ATT Postpaid earlier in the year. The discount (along with "free" HBO) should have gone away when I went to Prepaid, but hasn't in the 7 1/2 months I've been on prepaid. $105 in discounts so far. Let alone the savings I have had on prepaid vs postpaid.

I’ve had free HBO and my $25 discount over a year after leaving postpaid. I think they really have no way to verify promos once they’re grandfathered.

I’ve had free HBO and my $25 discount over a year after leaving postpaid. I think they really have no way to verify promos once they’re grandfathered.

I have been working on the assumption that actually leaving ATT to a MVNO, let alone another network, would be enough to trigger it

I do miss the remotes that came with cable or satellite DVRs. A Roku or Apple TV remote is not quite as good for TV. But it IS cheaper. I'll probably drop ESPN soon and save some money once college football season is over.

Looks like VoLTE is working down here in CT also with prepaid. I went to a store that a phone allows for WiFi calling I was testing to set it up and it said WiFi calling set up in progress and I made a call and the phone stayed on LTE and I can tell the call had VoLTE on it so it’s working down here it appears and this was on a Galaxy Express Prime 3 I couldn’t test the iPhone since the ones in the store had a passcode block.